According to figures published by the European statistics office, Eurostat, on Thursday 12 January, foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks held by the EU in the rest of the world stood at €6.894 trillion at the end of 2015, up by 14.9% compared with the end of 2014, whilst FDI stocks held by the rest of the world in the EU stood at €5.842 trillion, up by 22.8% over a year – enabling the EU to keep a net investment position of slightly above €1 trillion with regard to the rest of the...